The Real Fantastic Mr. Fox

Have you seen the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox? It's a wonderful animated film based on the book by Ronald Dahl. He called the story a fantasy adventure for children but it's certainly one adults can enjoy as well. I watched the DVD recently and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.

An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation. George Clooney plays Mr. Fox and Meryl Streep provides the voice for Mrs. Fox.

Fantastic Mr. Fox on DVD




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Goodnight. Time For Bed.

We both had a busy day today. Webster and I are going to bed early for some quality TV time. See you tomorrow. Goodnight.




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Should I Trade My Cottage For This One?

It isn't often that I see something that I like better than my own cottage. Dare I even go and look? It's not very far away. I wish photos of the bedrooms were posted. Oh dear. Let me know if you have any interest. We could see it together and then flip a coin.




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Peony The Size Of A Luncheon Plate

I photographed this huge peony at a friend's house this morning. It's spectacular, isn't it? I've started carrying my tiny point and shoot camera in my purse for capturing moments like this. I used my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01 with a Leica lens.

My camera is 4 years old but quite adequate with a mere 6MP. That's all you need. The prices have really dropped since I bought mine.

More current models are available. 

Picasso Brings $106.5M, Most Espensive Painting Ever Sold

$106.5m buys the most expensive painting in the world: "A 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso has set a world art auction record, selling for a staggering $US106.48 million, the auction house Christie's announced in New York."

The New York Times reports that Picasso dashed this painting off in one day in 1964, not 1932. Regardless, it is now the most expensive painting ever sold. It is called Nude, Green Leaves and Bust. Read the fascinating article when you have time.

Now I'm off to plant some herbs that cost $1.99 US.




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Chateau de Chambord - France

Château de Chambord is one of the most remarkable Renaissance castles in France. The castle, completed in 1547, contains 440 rooms, 84 staircases, 365 fireplaces (one for each day of the year). It also has stables to accommodate 1,200 horses. The property is surrounded by 20 miles of walls which protect more than 13,000 acres of woods. This huge hunting reserve covers as much ground as all of Paris!

Imagine having a fireplace for every day of the year. Amazing, I'd say. Have you ever been to this castle? I have not.




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Emily Dickinson's Garden Recreated @ NY Botanical Gardens

Emily Dickinson's Garden:

"If Emily Dickinson's neighbors saw her gardening at her Amherst, Massachusetts home in the moonlight, they might have thought her eccentric. She was that. But the poet was also troubled by very sensitive eyes, and the sunlight hurt them.

She did love her gardens, and the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx celebrates the poet and gardener with a newly-opened exhibition that continues until June 13." Read more @ http://nybg.org/



This looks wonderful, doesn't it? I'd like to go. Will you drive?

I know Emily and I would have been friends. I'm often out in the moonlight pulling weeds. Not because of my sensitive eyes, but because there aren't enough hours in a day to get everything done.




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Beautiful Magnolia Blossom

I miss seeing Magnolias and smelling their sweetly intoxicating scent. I grew up in the south but I'm a Yankee now.

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